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TIL Russia and Japan have never formally signed a peace-treaty ending war between the two nations.

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b6XOp Today I learned that the liquid breathing technology used in the Movie Abyss (1989) is real and the Rats used during filming were actually breathing it in the shots.
xWWk TIL the family of the late Paul Newman was forced off the board of the Newman’s Own charitable food company by Robert Forrester, who has since raised his own salary as CEO by 50%
0aGp TIL Victoria’s Secret model Karolína Kurková was born with a medical complication causing her to have no belly button. An artificial navel is photoshopped into each of her photographs.
BgJdx TIL that the Men in Black are an allegedly real phenomenon
69QKw TIL In 1894, the American Railway Union organized a national boycott and strike against all trains hauling Pullman Cars in response to a strike called by workers at the Pullman Palace Car Company. 34 were killed over 2 weeks.